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Is a home theater even worth it or doable?

Please be honest with me. I'm a huge TV  movie fan as I'm sure many of you are, and in my youth I used to have a Denon setup, blu-ray, etc. I loved the experience. Fast forward 25 years and now I just stream my tv and movies off Netflix, HBO Max, and Hulu. We are doing a new addition where we have an open space concept. I see myself continuing to stream in the future, but would like a clean sound at least. I am treating myself to an 85" TV not sure the make model yet, but I want a big one. Does it make sense for me to even invest in something more then a sound bar given my streaming and open concept? If so, what type of setup should I consider or if I should prewire something up and where would that be? Thanks for your advice.
 

cody012

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It's pretty cheap and easy to add rear speakers to that mix and a nice subwoofer for those action movies.

It's pretty trivial to get set up.   You buy an inexpensive surround sound receiver from Costco, buy your front and rear speakers, and a subwoofer and you're good to go.  The investment here is probably $2K at most.  Half of a Saturday afternoon will do it.   The speakers don't even have to be expensive to enjoy it.   Listening to the surround sound movie tracks doesn't require anything more than adequate speakers.

Heck, the receivers include a microphone to ping the room for you and set themselves up appropriately.

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